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href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#homophone" title="Appendix:Glossary">Homophone</a>: <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/chough#English" title="chough">chough</a></span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=chuff&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>15th century, dialectal, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/chuffe#Middle_English" title="chuffe">chuffe</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">a rustic, boor</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, in noun sense “stupid fellow”.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-oetyld_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oetyld-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Adjective sense “surly, displeased” from 1832.<sup id="cite_ref-oetyld_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oetyld-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Adjective">Adjective</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=chuff&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">chuff</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparative" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en comparative-form-of" lang="en">more <strong class="selflink">chuff</strong></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative" title="Appendix:Glossary">superlative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en superlative-form-of" lang="en">most <strong class="selflink">chuff</strong></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">British</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/surly" title="surly">Surly</a>; <a href="/wiki/annoyed" title="annoyed">annoyed</a>; <a href="/wiki/displeased" title="displeased">displeased</a>; <a href="/wiki/disgruntled" title="disgruntled">disgruntled</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1872</b></span>, Edward Spencer, “A Slight Toothache”, in <cite>The Southern Magazine</cite>, volume <span class="None" lang="und">11</span>, page <span class="None" lang="und">86</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">He refused to subscribe, he who had always given so largely to the cause&#x3b; he was <b>chuff</b>, haughty, overbearing, and seemed bent upon antagonising every prominent suggestion that was made.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1875</b></span>, Patrick Kennedy ·, <cite>The Banks of the Boro: A Chronicle of the County of Wexford</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">106</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">So I set out in the clear cold night, and began to think that great lords and ladies are not at all as well off as poor people thinks, with so much fine meat and drink wasted about them, and they having no wish for them&#x3b; for I felt very <i><b>chuff</b></i> and uncomfortable, and was glad that I could not be in the same way again for six weeks and more to come.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2020</b></span>, L.T Meade, <cite>A Very Naughty Girl</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">39</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">"I am afraid of Lady Frances. And Miss Audrey can be very rude. She was very <b>chuff</b> with me on New Year's Day.” “She won't be <b>chuff</b> with you in my presence,” said Evelyn.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2020</b></span>, George Manville Fenn, <cite>Sail Ho!</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">242</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Well, I didn't mean with my eyes, Neb&#x3b; so don't be so <b>chuff</b> on a fellow.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">UK</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span>&#32;<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dialectal" title="Appendix:Glossary">dialect</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/stupid" title="stupid">stupid</a>; <a href="/wiki/churlish" title="churlish">churlish</a>; <a href="/wiki/loutish" title="loutish">loutish</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1728</b></span>, Francis Gentleman, <cite>A Trip to the Moon</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">196</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">such <b>chuff</b> Fellows , who would not willingly allow their Children any Pleasures</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1831</b></span>, <cite>The Spouter's Album</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Says Paddy , “the old one, faith, looks very <b>chuff</b>, though, But loves that big blackguard, I mean Lundy snuff, though&#x3b;</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>1878</b> January 24, “The Song of Big Ben”, in <cite>Truth</cite>, volume 3, page <span class="None" lang="und">114</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The <b>chuff</b> old Joe to vex has come, The Doctor—who but he&#x3f;—Parnell, and all the Irish scum, Have noisy vowed to be.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1978</b></span>, James Woodforde, edited by John Beresford, <cite>The Diary of a Country Parson, 1758-1802</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">387</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Neville Custance is a very <b>chuff</b> Boy indeed as I ever saw, seem displeased &#x26; cross with every thing - would not eat a bit of Cake when brought to him.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=chuff&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">surly</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/chuffy#English" title="chuffy">chuffy</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Adverb">Adverb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=chuff&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Adverb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">chuff</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparative" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en comparative-form-of" lang="en">more <strong class="selflink">chuff</strong></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative" title="Appendix:Glossary">superlative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en superlative-form-of" lang="en">most <strong class="selflink">chuff</strong></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>In a chuff manner. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1842</b></span>, John Labern, <cite>J. Labern's Original Comic Songs, (for 1842,)</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">18</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Macbeth when he talk'd very <b>chuff</b> About fighting -- how soon he got floor'd With a yard of cold steel by Macduff, And mine was that Wonderful Sword.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1893</b></span>, Theobald Wolfe Tone, Richard Barry O'Brien, <cite>The Autobiography of Theobald Wolfe Tone. 1763-1798;</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">30</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">I was therefore obliged, sore against my will, to apply again to Carnot, who spoke very <b>chuff</b> about the trouble I gave him to write a second memorandum.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2016</b></span>, Andrew Prentice, Jonathan Weil, <cite>Devil's Blood</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">'I know I spoke <b>chuff</b>, aye, but – she wouldn't listen. She'll never agree ...'</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=chuff&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">chuff</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/chuffs#English" title="chuffs">chuffs</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>A coarse or stupid fellow. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#a." title="Appendix:Glossary"><abbr title="ante">a.</abbr></a></i> <span class="None" lang="und"><b>1597</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare" class="extiw" title="w:William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_IV,_Part_1" class="extiw" title="w:Henry IV, Part 1">Henry IV, Part 1</a></cite>, act 2, scene 2:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Hang ye, gorbellied knaves, are ye undone&#x3f; &#x2f; No, ye fat <b>chuffs</b>, I would your store were here&#x21;</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=chuff&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-a_coarse_or_stupid_fellow"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">a coarse or stupid fellow</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="a coarse or stupid fellow"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BD#Bulgarian" title="грубиян">грубиян</a></span><span class="tpos">&#160;<a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BD" class="extiw" title="bg:грубиян">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">grubijan</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/glandu#French" title="glandu">glandu</a></span><span class="tpos">&#160;<a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/glandu" class="extiw" title="fr:glandu">(fr)</a></span>&#160;<span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=mou_du_bulbe&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="mou du bulbe (page does not exist)">mou du bulbe</a></span><span class="tpos">&#160;<a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/mou_du_bulbe" class="extiw" title="fr:mou du bulbe">(fr)</a></span>&#160;<span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/ungehobelter#German" title="ungehobelter">ungehobelter</a> <a href="/wiki/Kerl#German" title="Kerl">Kerl</a></span>&#160;<span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Flegel#German" title="Flegel">Flegel</a></span><span class="tpos">&#160;<a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Flegel" class="extiw" title="de:Flegel">(de)</a></span>&#160;<span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/goromba#Hungarian" title="goromba">goromba</a> <a href="/wiki/pokr%C3%B3c#Hungarian" title="pokróc">pokróc</a>&#x2f;<a href="/w/index.php?title=fr%C3%A1ter&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="fráter (page does not exist)">fráter</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="мужлан (page does not exist)">мужла́н</a></span><span class="tpos">&#160;<a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD" class="extiw" title="ru:мужлан">(ru)</a></span>&#160;<span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">mužlán</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BD#Russian" title="грубиян">грубия́н</a></span><span class="tpos">&#160;<a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BD" class="extiw" title="ru:грубиян">(ru)</a></span>&#160;<span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">grubiján</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=chuff&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#onomatopoeic" title="Appendix:Glossary">Onomatopoeic</a>. Compare <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/chug#English" title="chug">chug</a></i> and <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/puff#English" title="puff">puff</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verb">Verb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=chuff&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">chuff</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/chuffs#English" title="chuffs">chuffs</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/chuffing#English" title="chuffing">chuffing</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/chuffed#English" title="chuffed">chuffed</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">intransitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To make <a href="/wiki/noisy" title="noisy">noisy</a> <a href="/wiki/puffing" title="puffing">puffing</a> <a href="/wiki/sound" title="sound">sounds</a>, as of a <a href="/wiki/steam" title="steam">steam</a> <a href="/wiki/locomotive" title="locomotive">locomotive</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1912</b></span>, Katherine Mansfield, “The Woman At The Store”, in <cite>Selected Short Stories</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The horses stumbled along, coughing and <b>chuffing</b>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1928</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._H._Lawrence" class="extiw" title="w:D. H. Lawrence">D&#x5b;avid&#x5d; H&#x5b;erbert&#x5d; Lawrence</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Chatterley%27s_Lover" class="extiw" title="w:Lady Chatterley&#39;s Lover">Lady Chatterley’s Lover</a></cite>, <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>Germany?<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>&#58; Privately printed, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/30450054">→OCLC</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><span class="q-hellip-sp"></span><span class="q-hellip-b">&#x5b;</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">&#x5d;</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> and the small lit up train that <b>chuffed</b> past in the cutting made it seem like real night.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1960</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Updike" class="extiw" title="w:John Updike">John Updike</a>, <cite>'<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit,_Run" class="extiw" title="w:Rabbit, Run">Rabbit, Run</a>'</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">64</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">They walk together in silence while behind them a freight train <b>chuffs</b> and screaks through the crossing.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1990</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Updike" class="extiw" title="w:John Updike">John Updike</a>, <cite>'<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_at_Rest" class="extiw" title="w:Rabbit at Rest">Rabbit at Rest</a>'</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The pigeons <b>chuff</b> and chortle off in indignant disappointment.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2022</b> January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in <cite>RAIL</cite>, number <span class="None" lang="und">948</span>, page <span class="None" lang="und">42</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Far less straightforward was what happened at about 0130 on Friday June 2 1944, as a long goods train was <b>chuffing</b> and clanking its unhurried way across the darkened landscape towards Soham, from Ely.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">British</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span>&#32;<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang" title="Appendix:Glossary">slang</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To break wind.</li> <li>Of a <a href="/wiki/powder" title="powder">powder</a>, <a href="/wiki/propellant" title="propellant">propellant</a>, or <a href="/wiki/explosive" title="explosive">explosive</a> <a href="/wiki/charge" title="charge">charge</a>: to become <a href="/wiki/extinguish" title="extinguish">extinguished</a> and <a href="/wiki/reignite" title="reignite">reignited</a> <a href="/wiki/intermittent" title="intermittent">intermittently</a>. <ul><li><b>1967</b> Leo Allen Lukenas: The ignition transient in small solid propellant rocket motors. Princeton University <dl><dd>Double base <a href="/wiki/propellant" title="propellant">propellants</a> often require <a href="/wiki/ignition" title="ignition">ignition</a> pressures of as much as 400 <a href="/wiki/psia" title="psia">psia</a> to avoid the problem of <b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">chuffing</a></b> or <a href="/wiki/hangfire" title="hangfire">hangfires</a>.</dd></dl></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1992</b></span>, Luigi De Luca, Martin Summerfield, <cite>Nonsteady Burning and Combustion Stability of Solid Propellants</cite>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1600863965" title="Special:BookSources/1600863965">→ISBN</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The original work of Huffington on <b>chuffing</b> and oscillatory burning of cordite goes back to the beginning of the 1950s.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1999</b></span>, William G. Reinecke, <cite>Ballistics 18th International Symposium</cite>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1566769019" title="Special:BookSources/1566769019">→ISBN</a></small>, page <span class="None" lang="und">357</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><b>Chuffing</b> followed by full recovery to normal functioning (Figure 3)</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2014</b></span>, V. I. Feodosiev, G. B. Siniarev, <cite>Introduction to Rocket Technology</cite>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1483272885" title="Special:BookSources/1483272885">→ISBN</a></small>, page <span class="None" lang="und">145</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The pressure at which <b>chuffing</b> occurs depends on the powder composition and on the temperature of the charge. The lowering of the initial charge temperature facilitates <b>chuffing</b>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations_2">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=chuff&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_make_noisy_puffing_sounds"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to make noisy puffing sounds</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to make noisy puffing sounds"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%84%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BC&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="пуфкам (page does not exist)">пуфкам</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">pufkam</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%84%D1%82%D1%8F&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="пуфтя (page does not exist)">пуфтя</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">puftja</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/schnaufen#German" title="schnaufen">schnaufen</a></span><span class="tpos">&#160;<a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/schnaufen" class="extiw" title="de:schnaufen">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=p%C3%B6f%C3%B6g&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="pöfög (page does not exist)">pöfög</a></span><span class="tpos">&#160;<a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/p%C3%B6f%C3%B6g" class="extiw" title="hu:pöfög">(hu)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_2">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=chuff&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">chuff</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></i>, <i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/chuffs#English" title="chuffs">chuffs</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">scriptwriting<span class="ib-comma">,</span>&#32;<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> Superfluous small talk that is free of conflict, offers no character development, description or insight, and does not advance the story or plot.</li> <li>A noisy puffing sound. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2010</b></span>, Don Gayton, <cite>Okanagan Odyssey: Journeys Through Terrain, Terroir and Culture</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">82</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Then the brass bell on top of the boiler rings out and a single massive <b>chuff</b>&#x21; of steam issues from the bowels of the loco. Then another <b>chuff</b>&#x21; – a blast of steam – another <b>chuff</b>&#x21; and the huge drive shafts tighten against the wheels.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/breathy" title="breathy">breathy</a> noise produced by a <a href="/wiki/tiger" title="tiger">tiger</a>, similar in function to a cat's <a href="/wiki/purr" title="purr">purr</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3">Etymology 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=chuff&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Etymology 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>1520s, in sense “swollen with fat”; circa 1860, British dialect, in sense “pleased”.<sup id="cite_ref-oetyld_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oetyld-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Possibly related to “coarse, stupid, fat-headed” sense (see <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Etymology_1">etymology 1</a></i> above). Or, perhaps a euphemistic alteration of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fuck#English" title="fuck">fuck</a></i> or another expletive.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Adjective_2">Adjective</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=chuff&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">chuff</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparative" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en comparative-form-of" lang="en">more <strong class="selflink">chuff</strong></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative" title="Appendix:Glossary">superlative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en superlative-form-of" lang="en">most <strong class="selflink">chuff</strong></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">British</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> Pleased, proud.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> Swollen with fat.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#vulgar" title="Appendix:Glossary">vulgar</a>&#32;<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang" title="Appendix:Glossary">slang</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span>&#32;of cheeks</span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/swollen" title="swollen">Swollen</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Synonyms_2">Synonyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=chuff&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">swollen</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/chuffy#English" title="chuffy">chuffy</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=chuff&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">pleased</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/chuffed#English" title="chuffed">chuffed</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_3">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=chuff&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">chuff</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/chuffs#English" title="chuffs">chuffs</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#vulgar" title="Appendix:Glossary">vulgar</a>&#32;<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang" title="Appendix:Glossary">slang</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> The <a href="/wiki/vagina" title="vagina">vagina</a>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#vulgar" title="Appendix:Glossary">vulgar</a>&#32;<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang" title="Appendix:Glossary">slang</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> The <a href="/wiki/anus" title="anus">anus</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">The car behind was following too close — it was right up my <b>chuff</b>.</i></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms_2">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=chuff&amp;action=edit&amp;section=18" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/gnat%27s_chuff#English" title="gnat&#39;s chuff">gnat's chuff</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/the_chuff#English" title="the chuff">the chuff</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verb_2">Verb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=chuff&amp;action=edit&amp;section=19" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">chuff</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/chuffs#English" title="chuffs">chuffs</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/chuffing#English" title="chuffing">chuffing</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/chuffed#English" title="chuffed">chuffed</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">UK</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span>&#32;<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#euphemism" title="Appendix:Glossary">euphemistic</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention"><span class="Latn" lang="en">Used as a replacement for obscenities, particularly <a href="/wiki/fuck#English" title="fuck">fuck</a></span></span>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">Oh <b>chuff</b> off&#x21; I'm so <b>chuffing</b> fed up with all of the spam posts on my timeline.</i></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=chuff&amp;action=edit&amp;section=20" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text"><sup class="error previewonly"><small>The template <a href="/wiki/Template:R:Johnson_Dictionary" title="Template:R:Johnson Dictionary">Template:R:Johnson Dictionary</a> does not use the parameter(s): <pre>url=https://archive.org/details/b30451541_0001/page/n383/mode/1up</pre> Please see <a href="/wiki/Module:checkparams" title="Module:checkparams">Module:checkparams</a> for help with this warning.</small></sup><span class="attentionseeking" title="The template 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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning."></span><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson" class="extiw" title="w:Samuel Johnson">Samuel Johnson</a> (1755 April 15) “CHUFF”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language" class="extiw" title="w:A Dictionary of the English Language">A Dictionary of the English Language:<span class="q-hellip-sp">&#160;</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="In which the Words are Deduced from Their Originals, and Illustrated in Their Different Significations by Examples from the Best Writers. To which are Prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar. By Samuel Johnson, A.M. In Two Volumes.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, volumes <span class="None" lang="und">I (A–K)</span>, London&#58; <span class="q-hellip-sp">&#32;</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b">&#32;</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Strahan_(publisher)" class="extiw" title="w:William Strahan (publisher)">W<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>illiam<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Strahan</a>, for J<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>ohn<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> and P<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>aul<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Knapton; <span class="q-hellip-sp">&#160;</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="T&#91;homas&#93; and T&#91;homas&#93; Longman; C. Hitch and L. Hawes; A&#91;ndrew&#93; Millar; and R&#91;obert&#93; and J&#91;ames&#93; Dodsley.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1637325">→OCLC</a></small>, column 2.</span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-oetyld-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-oetyld_2-0">2.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-oetyld_2-1">2.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-oetyld_2-2">2.2</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">Douglas Harper (<span class="None" lang="und">2001–2024</span>) “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/chuff">chuff</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Etymology_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Online Etymology Dictionary">Online Etymology Dictionary</a></cite>.</span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><a href="#cite_ref-3"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford English Dictionary">Oxford English Dictionary</a></i>, 1884–1928, and <i>First Supplement</i>, 1933.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=chuff&amp;action=edit&amp;section=21" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://septicscompanion.com/word.php?w=chuff">chuff</a>” at <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://septicscompanion.com">The Septic’s Companion: A British Slang Dictionary</a></i></li></ul> <!-- NewPP limit report Parsed by mw‐web.codfw.main‐5c59558b9d‐xr2hk Cached time: 20241201031859 Cache expiry: 2592000 Reduced expiry: false Complications: [vary‐revision‐sha1, show‐toc] CPU time usage: 0.781 seconds Real time usage: 0.998 seconds Preprocessor visited node count: 1943/1000000 Post‐expand include size: 64058/2097152 bytes Template argument size: 2013/2097152 bytes Highest expansion depth: 12/100 Expensive parser function count: 51/500 Unstrip recursion depth: 1/20 Unstrip post‐expand size: 4164/5000000 bytes Lua time usage: 0.609/10.000 seconds Lua memory usage: 21161778/104857600 bytes Number of Wikibase entities loaded: 0/400 --> <!-- Transclusion expansion time report (%,ms,calls,template) 100.00% 927.431 1 -total 26.13% 242.363 4 Template:no_deprecated_lang_param_usage 21.22% 196.822 1 Template:IPA 12.59% 116.759 1 Template:onomatopoeic 12.04% 111.639 1 Template:glossary 11.79% 109.307 16 Template:quote-book 7.44% 68.957 11 Template:lb 7.10% 65.866 8 Template:t+ 4.88% 45.219 1 Template:inh 4.85% 45.013 3 Template:quote-journal --> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key enwiktionary:pcache:60107:|#|:idhash:canonical and timestamp 20241201031859 and revision id 82054129. 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